'Echo' director Sydney Freeland on its game-changing Indigenous visibility
The director and executive producer, who is Indigenous and trans, talks about the importance of tracing Maya Lopez's matrilinial heritage.
February 7, 2024
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When Man Regained Hearing, His Boyfriend Proposed
The first thing Hayward Duresseau heard was "Will you marry me?"
October 3, 2018
How Racism in LGBT Nightlife Birthed a New Pride Flag
Philadelphia's inclusive flag started as a way for the city to heal after ugly incidents at the city's queer bars and clubs. It ended up sparking a national dialogue.
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June 29, 2017
Seat Filler The Advocates Guide to Theater March 2010
For better or worse, The Advocate's man on the New York theater scene takes on Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped, Lucy Liu's Broadway debut and the gayest Glass Menagerie ever!
March 29, 2010
Meet the triathlete who just happens to be transgender and deaf
Kamden Romano recently completed the Escape From Alcatraz triathlon, which he says is a metaphor for his life.
June 28, 2024
Scarlett Johansson Says She 'Mishandled' Trans Casting Backlash
The Marriage Story star also reaffirmed her support of Woody Allen in the face of the #MeToo allegations against him.
November 26, 2019
Everything's Gonna Be Okay's Adam Faison on Love & Family in Lockdown
Faison chats with The Advocate about how the benchmark series is bringing visibility to the Black deaf community.
April 12, 2021
LGBTQ Malaysians Fight Back After Gov't Official Says They Don't Exist
"Erasure of our existence will not only just trivialize our struggle, but also perpetuate the injustices towards us," activist Numan Afifi says.
March 7, 2019
Gays help gays after Katrina
Gay couples are
taking in other gays. Indian tribes are offering new
homes on nearby reservations. And the NAACP has sent
thousands of relief workers into black communities to
help survivors of Hurricane Katrina. After the storm
hit and even before, ethnic, social, and religious
communities--from Greek-Americans to the National
Association of the Deaf--scrambled to help their own.
September 13, 2005
Project Runway's Justin LeBlanc and the Strength of Disability
Project Runway's Justin LeBlanc and other LGBT people with disabilities on television are in the vanguard of a new generation of advocates.
October 4, 2013
Director Todd Haynes Turns His Lens on Deaf Identity
The director of queer classics like Carol and Velvet Goldmine highlights another underrepresented community in Wonderstruck.
May 31, 2017
40 Under 40: Justin LeBlanc Fights for the Deaf One Garment at a Time
In the first installment of our 40 Under 40 series highlighting young LGBT people fighting intersectional battles, we spotlight Project Runway's Justin LeBlanc.
December 1, 2015
Chella Man: This Trans, Deaf Artist Reclaims His Body With Tattoos
"It's honestly more comfortable for me to be completely deaf," the artist says. "It's more natural to me."
June 29, 2021
Seat Filler: NYC Theater Guide for March 2012
Our man on the New York theater scene covers Denis O'Hare's solo epic, the return of Carrie, the latest Edward Albee revival, an all-male Romeo and Juliet, and much more.
March 21, 2012
Creating Change Reflects a Movement in Transition
Was Creating Change 2016 really more volatile than in years past, or was that frustration simply the result of a movement trying to find its footing after symbolic, but limited, victories?
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February 1, 2016
From our family to yours
The Calhouns are a hard-working gay Georgia family who refuse to accept anything less than absolute equality.
August 16, 2006
Amazing Luke
Reichen Lemhkuhl and then-partner Chip Arndt won season 4 of The Amazing Race , and now a second gay man has finished in the top three. But Luke Adams was known to viewers not for being gay ... but for being deaf.
May 20, 2009